Convertible table settee



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v CONVERTIBLE TABLE SETTEE Filed March 17, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l April5, 1938. F. w HEATH CONVERTIBLE TABLE ETTEE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiledMarohl'?, 1936 l ll/Illll Patented Apr. 5, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIQE CONVERTIBLE TABLE SETTEE Frederick W. Heath, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application March 17, 1936, Serial No. 69,369

4 Claims.

This invention relates generally to convertible furniture, and has moreparticular reference to improvements in furniture of that type which isconvertible for use either as a settee or as a seat and table.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a simple anddurable construction of convertible settee including a seat and a back,the back being so mounted upon the seat as to constitute the back of thesettee in one position and to constitute a table for use in connectionwith the seat when in another position.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a convertiblesettee of the character mentioned above which may be readily mo-ved fromone place to another, but which will not accidentally shift about whenplaced where desired and used.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide aconvertible settee of the character mentioned above wherein the seat isprovided with auxiliary individual back rests adapted to beinoperatively disposed beneath the seat bottom or board when the deviceis converted into a settee, but adapted to be operatively positioned toserve as back rests for the occupants of the seat when the back memberof the settee is positioned to act as a table.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide aconvertible settee of the character mentioned above which' is extremelysimple and durable in construction, efficient in use, comfortable, andconvenient to use.

Other objects and features of my invention will become apparent from thefollowing description when considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a front elevational view of an embodiment of the presentinvention converted for use as a settee.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the device as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 1, of the device converted for useas a table and seat.

Figure 4 is a top plan View of the device as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a vertical section on line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is an elevational view of one of the back rests; and

Figure '7 is a perspective view of one of the mounting brackets for theback rest.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the illustrated embodiment of thepresent invention includes, generally, a seat A and a back B.

The seat A consists of end members or supports 5 rigidly connected by aseat board or bottom 6, and the end members or supports 5 may extendabove the seat bottom or board 6 to provide end arm rests as at l. Basestrips 8 are rigidly provided on the lower edges of the end members orsupports 5, and the rear ends of these base strips 8 project a shortdistance rearwardly of the end members or supports 5 Where they areturned upwardly and have small ground-engaging wheels 9 journaledthereon. The arrange-- ment is such that when the base strips 8 restflat upon the floor or ground, the wheels 9 will be disengaged from thelatter so as to not cause ready shifting of the article of furnitureafter being placed where desired. At the same time, by tilting thearticle of furniture rearwardly, the wheels 6 may be brought intoengagement with the floor or ground to facilitate ready movement of thearticle of furniture from one place to another. 2O The base strips 8project at their forward ends a considerable distance forwardly beyondthe end members or supports 5 so as to prevent overturning of thearticle of furniture when the back member B is shifted to the positionof Figures 3 to 6 inclusive for use as a table. These forward ends ofthe base strips 8 may be fashioned as at I0 to serve as handles for usein rearwardly tilting the article of furniture and pushing it from oneplace to another. The end members or supports 5 are provided along theirouter sides and respectively adjacent their front and rear verticaledges with shoulders Il and I2, for a purpose which will presently bedescribed.

The back B is shiftably or pivotally mounted on the seat A so as to bemovable to a substantially upright position at the rear edge of the seatbottom or board 6 to form a back for the Seat A, or to a horizontalposition forwardly of and above the seat bottom or board 6 to form atable located for convenient use by occupants of the seat A. Theshiftable back B includes end members I3 pivotally attached at I4 to theouter sides of the seat end 5 at points intermediate and slightly belowthe shoulders II and I2, and a back support or table top member I5extending between and rigidly connecting the end members I3. The endmembers I3 are so formed as to abut the shoulders II at their forwardedges and sustain the back support or table top i5 in the operativehorizontal position of Figures 3 to 5 inclusive when the shiftable backB is moved to its forwardly shifted position, and to abut the shouldersI2 at their rear edges when the shiftable back B is shifted to itsrearward substantially upright position as shown in Figures 1 and 2.Obviously, when the back B is in the rearwardly shifted substantiallyupright position of Figures 1 and 2, the article of furniture will beconverted for use as a settee, and When the back B is shifted forwardlyto the position of Figures to 5 inclusive, the article of furniture isconverted for use as a seat and table.

The seat A is preferably provided with auxiliary individual back restsI6 which are shiftable to an inoperative position beneath the seatbottom or board i when the article of furniture is converted for use asa settee and the use of said auxiliary back rest is not necessary, andwhich may be shifted to an operative substantially upright position atthe rear edge of the seat bottom or board 6, when the article offurniture is converted for use as a seat and table and the use of saidauxiliary back rests l5 is necessary or desired. Obviously, theauxiliary back rests I6 may be constructed and mounted in any suitableorV preferred manner, and the way and means for mounting these auxiliaryback rests herein shown is merely illustrative of one satisfactoryconstruction. For example, back rest i6 may be provided near its loweredge and on each side with a pair of spaced laterally projecting pins ilarranged for slidable engagement in grooves I8 provided in the opposedsides of transverse guide strips I9- secured on the under side of theseat bottom or board and to thereby sustain the back rest i6 in ahorizontal position beneath the seat bottom or board 5 when not requiredfor use. This arrangement also permits the auxiliary back rest I6 to befreely slid rearwardly, whereupon the back rest may be positioned in anupright position and the rear edge of the seat bottom or board 6 byreason of the fact that the slots I8 are open at the rear ends of thestrips I9. Said strips i9 are also provided at their rear ends with ahook member 2G and a depressed recess 2| for engagement with therespective adjacent pins ll to sustain the back rests in such operativesubstantially upright position. By tilting the back 4rest forwardslightly and then lifting it, and then swinging it backwardly to ahorizontal position, it may be shifted to the horizontal inoperativeposition beneath the seat bottom or board 6. As this general form ofmounting is conventional for analogous uses, further description thereofis deemed unnecessary herein.

Obviously, the present invention may be made for the accommodation ofone or more persons, and may be constructed of any suitable material ormaterials, as well as in varying finishes and designs, depending uponthe specific use. If desired, the wheels 9 may be of the rubber tiredtype, and the member l5 may be upholstered on the side thereof which islowermost when the back B is used as a` table and which is in front whensaid back is used as a back member of the settee. Also, the back B andthe seat bottom or board 6 may be provided with any desired kind ofupholstery, either permanent or removable. Other changes in the detailsset forth may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

It will be seen that the construction is simple and inexpensive tomanufacture and is easy and quickly converted to a settee or a seat andtable.

What I claim as new is:

1. A device of the character described including a horizontal seatbottom, end supports for the seat bottom provided at their outer sideand respectively adjacent their front and rear edges with shoulders, aback board, end members carrying the back board and pivoted at theirlower ends to the end supports for the seat at points intermediate andbelow said shoulders to permit swinging of the back board to either aposition at the rear edge of the seat or a horizontal position forwardlyof and above the seat, the front and rear edges of said end membersbeing respectively engageable with said front and rear shoulders toSustain the back board in such positions, respectively.

2. A device of the character described includ-- ing a horizontal seat,end supports for the seat, a back board, end members carrying thebackboard and pivotally mounted on the end supports for the seat so thatthe back board is operable between a position at the rear edge of theseat and a horizontal position forwardly of and above the seat, basestrips on the lower edges of said end supports projecting respectively ashort distance rearwardly and a relatively greater distance forwardly ofsaid end supports, and supporting wheels journaled on the rear ends ofsaid base strips so as to be normally disengaged from the ground orfloor when the base strips rest flatly on the latter and so as to engagesaid ground or floor when the device is tilted rearwardly to facilitatemovement of the device from one place to another.

3. A device of the character described including a horizontal seat, endsupports for the seat, a back board, end members carrying the back boardand pivotally mounted on the end supports for the seat so that the backboard is operable between a position at the rear edge of the seat and ahorizontal position forwardly of and above the seat, base strips on thelower edges of said end supports projecting respectively a shortdistance rearwardly of and a relatively greater distance forwardly ofsaid end supports, and supporting wheels journaled on the rear ends ofsaid base strips so as to be normally disengaged from the ground orfloor when the base strips rest flatly on the latter and so as to engagesaid ground or floor when the device is tilted rearwardly to facilitatemovement of the device from one place to another, the forward ends ofsaid base strips being' fashioned to form handles for use in movthedevice from one place to another when so 4. A convertible table setteeincluding a horizontal seat, end supports for the seat, a back board,end members carrying the back board and pivotally mounted on the endsupports for limited swinging movement so that the back board may beswung to either a position at the rear edge of the seat or a horizontalposition forwardly of and above the seat, a plurality of auxiliaryindividual back rests, and means pivotally and slidably mounting saidback rests on said seat to permit either rearward and upward shiftingthereof to a substantially upright position at the rear edge of the seatfor use when the back board is horizontally positioned or downward andforward shifting thereof to a substantially horizontal position beneaththe seat when the back board is positioned at the rear edge of the seat.

FREDERICK W. HEATH.

